The man The Nation newspaper and other media houses reported
was Governor Fayose’s elder brother, Segun Fayose has denied ever granting The
Nation newspaper or any other media house an interview and as a matter of fact
he says he is not related to the Governor and the publication has been an embarrassment to him.
He also threatened to sue the media houses if a retraction was not done within the next 24hours. See the press statement after the cut.
was Governor Fayose’s elder brother, Segun Fayose has denied ever granting The
Nation newspaper or any other media house an interview and as a matter of fact
he says he is not related to the Governor and the publication has been an embarrassment to him.
He also threatened to sue the media houses if a retraction was not done within the next 24hours. See the press statement after the cut.
Re: Fayose Embarrassing our Family, says brother
A Public Relations and Media practitioner based in Lagos,
Nigeria, Mr Olusegun Sunday Fayose has dissociated himself from an online story
first published in the Nation Newspapers of Monday 23rd March, 2015, in which
his picture was used to illustrate a damning interview purportedly granted the
newspaper by one Olusegun Fayose, identified in the report as the elder brother
of His Excellency, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state.
Nigeria, Mr Olusegun Sunday Fayose has dissociated himself from an online story
first published in the Nation Newspapers of Monday 23rd March, 2015, in which
his picture was used to illustrate a damning interview purportedly granted the
newspaper by one Olusegun Fayose, identified in the report as the elder brother
of His Excellency, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state.
In a statement forwarded to media houses, Mr Fayose, lead
consultant/MD of Hexagon Media and former head of corporate communication/PR
manager of MultiChoice Nigeria, clarified that he never granted any interview
to the newspaper or any other news medium within or outside the country. He
also averred that he is not related to the Governor of Ekiti State, a fact
which he said is not lost on any diligent media practitioner in the country and
wondered how any responsible journalist could publish his picture as that of
the elder brother of the Governor especially with the benefit of several online
search engines at the disposal of media practitioners
consultant/MD of Hexagon Media and former head of corporate communication/PR
manager of MultiChoice Nigeria, clarified that he never granted any interview
to the newspaper or any other news medium within or outside the country. He
also averred that he is not related to the Governor of Ekiti State, a fact
which he said is not lost on any diligent media practitioner in the country and
wondered how any responsible journalist could publish his picture as that of
the elder brother of the Governor especially with the benefit of several online
search engines at the disposal of media practitioners
Mr Fayose further explained that the similarity in his
surname and that of the Governor is a mere coincidence and wonders why two
reporters (Bisi Oladele and Jeremiah Oke) who claimed that they conducted the
interview in Ibadan, Oyo state with Governor Ayo Fayose’s elder brother,
preferred to shop for the online picture of an innocent bystander to illustrate
such a sensitive story at this critical period in the electoral process,
instead of using the actual picture of the interviewee
surname and that of the Governor is a mere coincidence and wonders why two
reporters (Bisi Oladele and Jeremiah Oke) who claimed that they conducted the
interview in Ibadan, Oyo state with Governor Ayo Fayose’s elder brother,
preferred to shop for the online picture of an innocent bystander to illustrate
such a sensitive story at this critical period in the electoral process,
instead of using the actual picture of the interviewee
‘As a media practitioner, I find this development rather
shocking because the journalists were in a position to take live pictures of
the interviewee at the venue of the interview. Should they have failed in doing
this, they could have returned to correct the oversight or politely ask for a
selfie which could be forwarded to them. There is also the option of using
professional networking sites to access the details or picture(s) of their
subject. So, I find it strange and curious that they (the reporters) could not
remember the face of a subject they purportedly interviewed in less than 24
hours, he said.’
shocking because the journalists were in a position to take live pictures of
the interviewee at the venue of the interview. Should they have failed in doing
this, they could have returned to correct the oversight or politely ask for a
selfie which could be forwarded to them. There is also the option of using
professional networking sites to access the details or picture(s) of their
subject. So, I find it strange and curious that they (the reporters) could not
remember the face of a subject they purportedly interviewed in less than 24
hours, he said.’
The statement called on leading blogs to retract the story
or risk legal actions if corrective measures are not implemented within the
next 24 hours
or risk legal actions if corrective measures are not implemented within the
next 24 hours
Regards
Segun Fayose
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